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31.  INDEX  (home-m)     /index   TABLE OF CONTENTS WITH LINKS

QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE IN U.S.—W.H.O. STUDY/1

BMJ ON MARKET FORCES AND US HEALTH CARE/8

CANADA SYSTEM COMPARED TO U.S./7

WEB STATS/3

COMMENTARY/2

PROBLEMS

#17 Quackery        (home -m)        /quackery 

HOW TO EVALUATE MEDICAL DISCOVERIES (link thereto)/ 8

MEDICINE AND THE PSYCHOLOGY OF BELIEF (link4/12)/13

CHIROPRATICS:  19TH CENTURY QUACKERY/11-m

CHIROPRACTIS:  A MEDICAL ORGANIZATION’S POSITION PAPER/15

CHIROPRACTORS AND IMMUNIZATION/20

CHIROPRACTORS EVALUATED/14

HOMEOPATHY:  ITS HISTORY, ITS ABSURDITY (link thereto)/9 

MESSAGE THERAPY/19

CHELATION THERAPY/12

ABSOLUTELY SAFE AMALGAM FILLINGS/23-m

HERBAL REMEDIES, NCAHF POSITION PAPER/24

HERBAL HUCKSTERING ON TV:  AVLIMA STUDY/18--(JK)

ORGANIC NATURAL COMPOUNDS COMPARED TO SYNTHETIC ONES, A SUMMARY/17--(JK)

BAD DATA FROM DRUG COMPANIES—SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN/25

HGH, A WIDELY USED HORMONE FOR INCREASING MUSCLE MASS (link45, 45/7)/21

ALTERNATIVE TREATMENTS IMMUNE RESPONSE TO CANCER (link44)/16

WEIGHT LOSS PROMOTION/10

HIGH FIBER DIET AND SKEPTICISM/3      

FAD ANTIAGING EXPOSED/2

PROGBLEMS WITH FDA OVERSIGHT—CONSUMER REPORT/26 

MIGRAINES:  RESEARCH, AND QUESTIONABLE TREATMENTS/7

HYDRAZINE SULFATE NOT AN ANTI-CANCER AGENT/5

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS NOT A HAZARD/1

MAGNETIC & ELECTROMAGNETIC THERAPY/4             

GINKO FAILS THE TEST/6         

LINKS/22

 

135.  NSAIDS        (home)                 /nsaids

COX-2 INHIBITORS, THEIR DEADLY MECHANISM/2

NSAIDS USAGE ADVISORY—AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION/3

NSAIDS & MYOCARDIAL INFRACTIN RISK—ONLY ASPIRIN IS SAFE/4

HOW VIOX KILLS/7—-(JK)

COX-2 INHIBITORS NOT AS GOOD AS IBUPROFEN/1

HYDROCODONE--OPIATES WORK FOR PAIN MANAGEMENT/5

CONTINUED RISK AFTER TAKING VIOXX/6

ACETAMINOPHEN LEADING DRUG CASUE OF LIVER DAMAGE/8

 

#102 Quacks, Theories & Practice              (home)        /kooks

WHY CHIROPRACTICS IS CONTROVERSIAL/13

“QUACK” THE MEANING/6

ANTIAGING:  A POSITION PAPER ON MORE QUACKERY/9

TOUCH THERAPY—THE HEALING FINGER/2

SCIENCE AND THE VITAMIN MYTH/11

HOW THE HEALTH-FOOD INDUSTRY CREATED THE VITAMIN MYTH—DR BARRETT/12

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE, THEIR FAITH HEALING/10

QUACK TREATMENTS EASILY EXPOSED/8-jk

UDDER NONSENSE, EVIDENCE ON HOMRONES & ANTIBIOTICS/7

ACUPUNTURE, THEORIES & PRACTICES IN CHINA/4

EYE CARE EXERCISE AND OTHER EYE CARE MYTHS/5

PRAYERS HEAL STUDY EXPOSED/3

IRIDOLOGY—DIAGNOSIS THROUGH LOOKING AT THE IRIS/1

BLUE LIGHT SPECIAL/14

 

41.  MEDICAL CRAP     (home)    /medicalcrap

BEST EXPOSE ON BIG PHARMA—DR ANGELL/27

DIRECT TO CONSUMER ADVERTISING IS BAD/26

55,000 DIED FROM VIOXX, BOTH FDA & MERCK KNOW OF RISK/11

2008 REVIEW—MERCK KNEW OF VIOXX DEATHS/28

OPIOIDS ARE NOT ADDICTING IN MEDICINAL AMOUNTS/21—SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN

METHAQUALONE:  HOW DRUG COMPANIES PROFITED/2

PHARMACEUTICAL INDURSTY DATA/22

CRESTOR, A STATIN CAUSES RENAL FAILURE/14

BUSH’S TORT REFROM:  GOVERNMENT AS FRIEND OF INDUSTRY/19

FDA DEPENDS ON DRUG COMPANIES, CONSEQUENCES/16

NAPROXEN & CELEBREX JOIN VIOXX AS A KILLER, MORE ON FDA’S BLINDNESS/23

ACETAMINOPHEN THE GREAT DANGEROUS DRUG HOAX/4

ACETAMINOPHEN LEADING CAUSE OF LIVER FAILURE/29

PLACEBO—HOW TO VIOLATE A DOUBLE BLIND STUDY/9—Cochrane Review + (JK)

HOW PROFITS CORRUPT MEDICAL SCIENCE AND TREATMENT/7—(JK)

MEDICAL JOUNRAL, THEIR ADVERTISERS/20

BAD DATA FROM DRUG COMPANIES:  SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN ARTICLE/1

CONCEALMENT OF TRIAL RESULTS/24

PHARMACEUTICAL SHOCKING FACTS/6

NEEDLESS SURGERY/15

FDA SUPERVISION OF THE DRUG COMPANIES/3—Arianna Huffington

ACCUTANE 42% BIRTH DEFECTS RATE/13

DRUGS FOR MENTAL ILLNESS, A REVIEW/12

ANTIDEPRESSANT DOESN’T WORK, GIANT DRUG COMPANY SUPPRESS RESULTS/10

ASPIRIN, CHEAP, BEST NSAID/8—(JK)

WATCH OUT FOR NAPROXEN (ADVIL)/18

LINKS:  MEDICAL ADVOCACY/5

 

130.     MEDICAL CRAP, MORE        (home)      /mdcrap

THE MECIANISM OF HOW VIOXX KILLS/18

REFORMING BIG PHARMA /17

CLARATIN FAILS WELL DESIGNED TEST/15

DIRECT TO CONSUMER ADVERTISING OUGHT TO BE BANNED AGAIN/14

FDA FAILED SUPERVISION—CONSUMER REPORT/13

BRITISH COMISSION’S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR DRUG INDUSTRY REFORM/10

JOURNAL FAVORABLE RESULTS BIAS/4

ASTHMA MEDICATION CAUSES FATAL ASTHMA ATTACKS/12

DRUG ADVERTISING NOT GOOD MEDICINE/10

VIAGRA NOT LIKE VIOXX, ANOTHER HORROR/9

VIOXX AND CELEBREX OVER PRESCRIBED/6

50-YEAR OLD SCHIZOPHRENIA DRUG AS GOOD AS NEWER DRUGS, AND AT 1/10TH THE COST /7

AVERAGE FAMILY HEALTH INSURANCE COST $11,000/8

ZOPICLONE (IMOVANE) INEFFECTIVE SLEEPING PILL/19

DRUGS & LOBBY:  NOT IN THE PUBLIC’S INTEREST/5

ERYTHROMYCIN DOUBLES SUDDEN CARDIO DEATH/3

IRESSA, ANOTHER KILLER DRUG/2

NAPROXEN, LEADING OVER-THE-COUNTER DRUG, A KILLER

 

132.   IMAGINARY CONDITIONS       (home)   /imcond

TOXIC MOLD SYNDROME, ANOTHER FAD/1

 

134.    ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE       (home)         /am

HIGH FIBER DIET/2

GLUCOSAMINE AND CHONDROITIN FOR TREATMENT OF OSTEOARTHRITIS/3

VITAMIN USAGE AND ILLNESS/4

QUACK WATCH—jk/1

CHIROPRACTIC—H.L. MENCKEN/5

 

136.  ENVIRONMENT & HEALTH      (home)    /eoh

WOOD DUST OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD/1

 

140 DRUG NEWS DISAPPOINTING      (home)      /dnd

FDA IN CRISIS/3

LUNESTA, A SLEEPING PILL WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS/2

DRUG ADS MAKE PEOPLE SICK/1

DIABETES DRUG KILLS/4

 

141.  BIG PHARMA AT WORK   (HOME)    /       bpw

MEDICAL DEVICE MAKERS CANNOT BE SUED, SUPREME COURT RULES/3

BIG PHARMA PAYS GENERIC MANUFACTURERS TO NOT.../2

MOST DRUGS NOW ARE BOTH IMPORTED AND NOT TESTED FOR PURITY5/5

CHINESE RU-486 TAINTED/1

RU-486 COMES FROM CHINA, NOW—MORE TAINTED DRUGS/10

ANTIDEPRESSANTS PROVEN USELSS FOR MOST/4

HEART MEDICATION KILLS 22,000 IN 2 YEARS/6

STATIN COMBINATION VYTORIN DOESN’T WORK, ETC/7

BIG PRHARMA INFLUENCES THE DSM MANUAL/9

OFF LABEL DRUG PUSHERS/12

OFF PRESCRIPTION MARKET LAW ELI LILLY VIOLATES FOR ZYPREXA/11

DIRECT TO CONUSMER SPENDING TAINTED/8

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

35.  HEALTH        (home)      /health

SMOKING TOBACCO:  ITS STATISTICAL CONSEQUENCES/2—(JK)-m

OBESITY:  ITS HEALTH CONSEQUENCES/3—(JK0-m

UNDERSTANDING ARTERIOSCLEROSIS/7

TOBACCO SMOKE/9-m

PHARMACOLOGY OF ALCOHOL/20-m

ASPIRIN REDUCES RISK OF COLON CANCER/14

HIGH DAIRY DIET ACCELERATES WEIGHT LOSS)/21 

FAT FACTS/4

DIET, TECHNIQUES AND PSYCHOLOGY/16—(JK)

DIET—SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN ARTICLE/19

HEARTBURN—GASTROESPHAGEAL REFLUX/23

OBESITY DRAMATICALLY INCREASES ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE/17

CLINICAL EVALUATIONS & TREATMENT OF HERNIATED LUMBAR DISC/6-m

ELITE ATHLETES HAVE MUCH LOWER MORALTIY RATE/1     

AIDS SCARE: OVERSTATED RISK FOR THE SAFEST GROUP/24--JK

EXERCISE GOOD FOR HEART/12

CALORIC RESTRICTION PROLONGS LIFE/5

BACK PAIN:  UNDERSTANDING AND PREVENTING/18—JK-m

1)FAT STATS; 2) STOMACH STAPLE/22        

 

36.  WOMEN'S MEDICAL ISSUES   (home)     /highinterestmedical      

KEEPING YOUR BELOVER CENTERED/6—(JK)

LIFE-LONG LOVERS:  HOW TO/18—(JK)

WHY WOMEN LIVE LONGER/2 –m

HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY REVIEW—WOMEN/3—(JK)-m

HRT IS SAFE—SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN/28

ONE TYPE OF ESTROGENLOWERS THROMBOSIS RISK/16-m

POST MENOPAUSE WOMEN SEXUAL STATS/14

PM WOMEN ON ESTROGEN LOOK YOUNGER/11

ORAL CONTRACEPTION NOT ASSOCIATED WITH BREAST CANCER/7

MENOPAUSE ESTROGEN SUPPLEMENT REDUCES HEART DISEASE/4

HRT, SEVERAL STUDIES, ABSTRACTS/9

HRT—MORE STUDIES SUPPORT IT/12

HRT LOWERS CONORAY RISK DRAMATICALLY/27

MECHANISM OF HOW ESTROGEN ACCELERATES CANCER/25

ACUPUNCTURE VERSUS ESTROGEN FOR HOT FLASHES/20

BRAIN AS CLOCK FOR MENOPAUSE—SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN STUDY/13

ESTROGEN PREVENTS ARTHRITIS/17

ESTROGEN SUPPLEMENT REDUCES HEART DISEASE/4

GENETIC RISK FOR BREAST CANCER/29

OVARIAN CYSTS, AN OVERVIEW/23

TESTOSTERONE FOR WOMEN?/10

55% BREAST IMPLANT LEAK RATE—FDA STUDY/21-M

CERVICAL CANCER RISK FACTORS/15

PAP SMEAR ONCE EVERY 5 YEARS/19

POLYCYSTIC OVARIAN SYNDROME/22

FDA ARTICLE ON MENOPAUSE/1

ASPIRIN REDUCES CESAREAN SECTIONS 400% ALSO BREAST CANCER/5

DOWNERS DURING PREGNANCY HARM BABY/24

WOMEN HEALTH LINKS/8

 

45.   MALE HORMONES       (home-m)                /malehormones

DHEA, CHEAP LEGAL POPULAR STEROID/22

VIAGRA AND ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION/21

TESTOSTERONE—CONCISE NOTES/10--JK

TESTOSTERONE EXTENSIVE NOTES/2

PHARAMCOLOGY TEXTBOOK, CHAPTER ON TTT/9

METHODS OF TESTOSTERONE SUPPLEMENTATION/3

TESTOSTERONE FOR WOMEN?/17

TTT GOOD FOR THE BRAIN—2 ARTICLES/16

MALE MENOPAUSE—SECOND ARTICLE/11

MALE MENOPAUSE/4

DOUBTS ON TTT & ANDROSTENE

OVER-THE-COUNTER SOLUTION/12—JK

HOT NUTS:  THE CONSEQUENCES/6

ORAL HGH, WHAT WORKS, (link to quakwatch-17-21)/7

HGH-HYPE & FACTS, (link to quackwatch on HGH-17-21)/14

HGH-HYPE & FACTS/14

HGH-POSITIVE FINDINGS—HARVARD/15

TESTOSTERONE NOT LINKED TO PROSTATE CANCER LATEST STUDY SHOWS/1

CIALIS BETTER THAN VIAGRA/18

VIAGRA SAFE/19

CIRCUMCISM REDUCES HIV RISK 60%/20

PROSTATE DISEASE/23

PROSTATE BIOPSY, PSA TEST, PROSTATECTOMY—UROLOGY TEXTBOOK/24

LINKS/13

 

44.  ON CANCER     (home-m)     /ocot

CANCER NOTES:  UNDERSANDING CANCER/4—(JK)

CANCER SUMMARY IN SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN/9

CANCER NOTES:  SELECTED IMPORTANT THECHNICAL TOPICS/5—(JK)

CHEMOBRAIN:  CONGITIVE IMPAIRMENT FROM CHEMOTHERAPY/24